Wednesday, January 28, 2009

The kids were in their seats and all but Malia are old enough and capable of putting their restraints/seat belts on. Why in the world would I do that for them? So, off we go, on the drive to the house (not too far away, come on, we live in Utah. Should we really be driving to church?). Anyhow, Kylie had taken Britin's seat belt and snapped it on her. Kylie is in the back seat, Britin is in the middle seat. I don't know how best to describe this so I am going to do a poor drawing of the van.

The pink area is where Britin was sitting, the purple is Kylie's seat. Kylie grabbed the seatbelt that Britin was supposed to use and then yelled at Britin to get her seat belt on. Britin was screaming back that she couldn't and yelling for Kylie to give it back. It was total mayhem. I asked a few times, calmly, if they would stop annoying each other. I had had enough! I turned around, totally serious and yelled at them both, "I will beat you!" Apparently I was so totally serious when yelling this that Dalen couldn't help but break out into a hearty laugh. I looked at his dumbfounded, and to be honest, quite upset that he was laughing at me and didn't help get the kids quieted down.

So, here I sit (along with Sherry) waiting for a knock on my door from DCFS to take my kids away so I won't abuse them, or offer parenting classes that will improve my patience/argument resolution skills.

honestly, I didn't lay a finger on them, I was restrained in my own seat belt.

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Kids Say The Darndest Things

Jacob: "Mom, I want to watch the Vegitary of Star Wars."Mom: "I don't know what the Vegitary is, son."Jacob: "You know, where they talk about the movie."Mom: (Oh, the commentary) "Yes, you can watch the Vegitary."

Britin: "Mom, there is a Transformer bug on the stairs."Mom: "Really? What is a Transformer bug."Britin: "Come on, mom, I'll show you."(We went over to the stairs and she pointed to a dead bee on the stairs.)Mom: "A bee?"Britin: "Yes, a baby Transformer bug."(For those who aren't making the connection- don't worry, it took me a long time, too. Bumble Bee- the yellow car. Apparently she heard us call it a bee and Daddy was supposed to pick it up, but hadn't yet. She made the connection by herself and called it a Transformer bug.)

Today (5/20/2008) I was in the car with the 3 youngest kids. As we were on our way home Britin asked why daddy went to "hannah tanna" (her version of Hannah Montana). I said daddy didn't go see Hannah Montana, but that he watches it sometimes with the kids. Jacob and Britin then proceeded to say that they wanted to go with daddy to see Hannah Tanna. It took me awhile to get that they were just confused. Dalen is in Montana this week. They thought we meant that he was seeing Hannah Montana.

Tonight at dinner Britin played air guitar. CUTEST! Dalen asked her if she was going to play guitar when she gets bigger. She said she wants to play the "girl-tar".

Dalen came home and I called the kids into the kitchen to get up to the table. Britin saw me standing there, arms around Dalen, welcoming him home. She looked up at me and this is how the conversation went:Britin: Why are you home, Mom?Me: I don't have to work tonight.Britin: You get to eat dinner with us?Me: Yup.(Then, looking at Daddy..._Britin: Why is Dad home?Me: He is done with work.Britin: He gets to eat dinner, too?Me: Yup.Britin: Both of you??? (with a BIG smile on her face)

Jacob: If it rained Turkeys we would all eat A LOT!

My hair was wet and I was make-up-less but I was dressed. My son looked up at me and said, "Mom, you almost look beautiful." WOW! Almost...missed it by that much!